Aiken DSS board to hear suspended director Poore tonight
The Aiken County Department of Social Services Board will hear suspended director Richard T. Poore’s side of the story at USC Aiken in Room 107 at 6 p.m. Poore seeks an executive session and promised a statement after the meeting. He was suspended Oct. 6 and has hired attorney Richard Gergel.
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Richard T. Poore
USC Aiken
Poore
Richard Gergel
Columbia
New Ellenton Council Meeting Rescheduled
New Ellenton Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Town Council Building. Mayor Randy Shaw said last night’s meeting was moved due to a lack of quorum among council members.
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New Ellenton
Randy Shaw
Third Sex Ed Forum At Jackson Middle School
The third public issues forum on sex education is at Jackson Middle School Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. The event gathers local leaders and experts to discuss teen pregnancy concerns in Ai ken County with moderator Connie Shade and host Aiken County Task Force for Responsible Teen Sexuality Education. Additional forums are planned Oct 9 at A.L. Corbett Middle School Wagoner and Oct 29 at Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary School Ridge Spring.
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Old Storm Branch Baptist Church
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Aiken Center For Drug and Alcohol Services
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Kevin Lyles
Silver Bluff High School
Connie Shade
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A.L. Corbett
Fairview Road
Wagoner
Ridge Spring
Monetta
The
American Association of University Women
Sertoma Club of
Aiken
Correction: Pizza 2 for 1 location error
The Aiken Standard regrets an error about Correction Pizza 2 for 1 location in Hitchcock Plaza on Pine Log Road. The note corrects the path of the story published Sunday and clarifies the accurate site.
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Aiken Standard
Deaf student drives success in Augusta Tech cosmetology class
Lori Turner, 21, deaf since birth, and Karla McKinney, 19, her interpreter, are in Augusta Tech’s yearlong cosmetology program. Turner aims to prove a deaf student can work with people and make them look good, while McKinney plans an associate degree in sign interpretation. The pair, among 55 in the class, navigate 1500 required hours with supportive peers and patient instructors.
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Karla McKinney
Ms. Turner
Ms. McKinney
Augusta Area Technical College
Gardner- Webb College
North Carolina
Gwen
Augusta Tech
South Carolina School For the Deaf and Blind
City adopts changes to retirement plan and disability benefit
Aiken City Council approved improvements to the city retirement plan to enhance benefits for employees. The plan raises the final five year averaging base and shortens vesting to five years, with a new long term disability benefit of up to 66 percent of earnings or $3,000 monthly, funded by the city and effective Nov. 1 and Jan. 1, 1988.
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Aiken
Roland H. Windham
Tice
Windham
City adopts signs rules to cut street clutter
Aiken City Council approved an ordinance limiting directory signs to properties abutting rights of way and ordered 40 existing signs removed within three years. The meeting also amended subdivision appeals procedures and requires posting of proposed subdivision properties.
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Aiken Planning Commission
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Legislature To Revisit Car Insurance Rates In SC
Senator Thomas Moore of Aiken County says the coming session will reexamine automobile insurance, noting SC rates are high and the system complex. He warns against apples to apples comparisons with neighboring states and emphasizes factors behind rate disputes.
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South Carolina
Moore
Sen. Moore
South Carolina Car Insurance Rates Face Reform and Shifts
The article outlines how states compare car insurance rates with factors beyond basic coverage. It details age and gender distinctions in SC and Georgia, NC rate structures, and upcoming changes under a automobile reform bill. It notes a review of youthful drivers, a two tier rate system, and potential premium adjustments for violations and high-risk behavior.
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South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Palmetto State
Sioner
Ms. Price
First Dirt Shovels Turn for Aiken County National Bank
A groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Park Avenue and Chesterfield Street marked the start of construction on the Aiken County National Bank. Mayor H Odell Weeks and organizer Wade Brodie used gold plated shovels as about 20 people celebrated.
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Park Avenue
Chesterfield Street
H. Odell Weeks
Wade Brodie
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